MONDAY — 19-Jan-2026
Q. Who
has earned more World Series rings as a player than anyone not named Yogi Berra?
Hint: #1
No player has batted in more runs during his first ten seasons.
Hint: #2
Before Nomar Garciaparra in 1999-2000, he was the last right-handed
batter to win consecutive American League batting titles.
A. JOE DiMAGGIO [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. DiMaggio was a 9-time winner
with NYY: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950 & 1951.
-
#1 He amassed 1,277 RBI 1936-42, 1946-48,
including highs of 167 in 1937 & 155 in 1948.
-
#2 DiMaggio’s BA led the AL in 1939
(.381)& 1940 (.352).
All other repeaters until Nomah were lefties. Righties Miguel Cabrera & Jose Altuve
have done it since then.
FCR - Tom
Hanon, Onset, Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Whitey Ford, Frankie Crosetti, Tony Lazzeri,
Earle Combs
IN MEMORIAM — 20-Jan-2026
Q. Which
BRTL former Pirate pitcher was the only one to have twenty saves one season and
twenty wins in each of the next four years?
Hint: #1 No modern pitcher has ever struck out more
times at bat than he did in his last full year in the majors.
Hint: #2
He is the last pitcher to work more than 376 innings in one season since the Dead Ball Era.
Hint: #3 He is
the last pitcher to start both ends of a double-header.
Hint: #4 No American League lefty pitcher has appeared in more games in one season.
A. WILBUR WOOD [SABR Bio]
- Ans. Wood had 21 saves in 1970 for CHW and
22, 24, 24 & 20 wins for them in 1971-74. He spent 1964 & 1965 with PIT. He batted
right-handed & threw left-handed, an uncommon combination.
- #1 He struck out 65 X in his final full season
of 1972.
- #2 Wood threw 376⅔ innings in 1972. (Mickey Lolich had exactly 376 in 1971.)
- #3 He started the game on 20-Jul-1973(1) in Yankee Stadium, but only lasted ⅓ of an inning. White Sox manager Chuck Tanner figured Wood
was still relatively fresh and so started him in the 2nd game 20-Jul-1973(2). He pitched 5⅓ this
game, but took the L in both contests.
- #4 Woods had 2 starts & 86 relief
appearances in 1968. That record, 88,
has been tied by Tigers Mike Myers in 1997 & Sean Runyan in 1998.
FCR - Robert Reuther, Pittsburgh
Incorrect guesses: Dave Giusti Roy Face
TUESDAY — 20-Jan-2026
Q. Which
Southern slugger led the majors in home runs in consecutive seasons and in both
years, had fewer strikeouts than home runs?
Hint: #1
The Yankees had never won the World Series in five consecutive seasons
until he joined them.
Hint: #2
This BLTR was an All-Star for one league then played for a team from the
other league in that same season’s World Series?
A. JOHNNY MIZE [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Mize was born and died in
the same small town in Georgia. Playing
for NYG in 1947, he hit 51 HR & K’d only 42 X. In 1948, he hit 40 HR & K’d
37 X. (Mark Reynolds assumes these stats are total fiction.)
-
#1 Mize joined NYY in 1949. They then won the WS in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1953 with him after which they released him & he retired.
-
#2 He started at 1st
base for the Giants in the All-Star Game on July 12, 1949, his 9th ASG appearance. However, he was sold across town from the
Giants to the Yankees in August & began their WS run with them that same
fall.
FCR - Michael
Craig, Gilbert, Arizona
Incorrect guesses:
WEDNESDAY — 21-Jan-2026
Q. Which
postseason home run hero’s ten-year Hall of Fame candidacy ended yesterday?
Hint: #1
He was drafted in the first round out of the same high school that Henry
Kissinger had attended.
Hint: #2
He hit the third-most grand slams in major league history.
A. MANNY RAMIREZ [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Inn his 10 years on the HOF
ballot, Ramirez garnered voting percentages of:
23.8% in 2017
22.0% in 2018
22.8% in 2019
28.2% in 2020
28.2% in 2021
28.9% in 2022
33.2% in 2023
32.5% in 2024
34.3% in 2025
38.8% in 2026
Never close to the 75% required for induction .
-
#1 Rod Carew, Maria Callas, Alan
Greenspan, Kissinger & Ramirez are all alumni of George Washington High School in New York City. Manny was taken 13th overall in the
1991 June Draft.
-
#2 Ramirez’ 21 grand slam total
trails only the 25 of Alex Rodriguez & 23 of Lou Gehrig.
FCR - Jaime
Aron, Dallas
Incorrect guesses: Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones, Kirk Gibson,
Jeff Kent
MIDWEEK BONUS — 18-Jun-2025
Q. Who
is the only Pittsburgh Pirate to be named National League Most Valuable Player
more than once?
Hint: #1
His father had a “cup of coffee” with the Cubs.
Hint: #2
He is related, by birth, to a first-round Hall of Famer.
A. BARRY BONDS [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Bonds’s MVPs = 1990, 1992. In 1990, a single
vote for a teammate prevented him from winning unanimously.
-
#1 Bobby Bonds ended his 14-year career with CHC in 1981, playing only 45
games (Maybe it was a full urn?)
-
#2 Reggie Jackson is his cousin.
FCR - Doug
Wedge, Edmond, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Willie Stargell, Dave Parker
THURSDAY — 22-Jan -2026
Q. Which
one-time Anaheim Angels player broke Mickey Mantle’s record for the most games
with a home run from each side of the plate?
Hint: #1
In the game where he broke
the record, this player’s left-handed blast was off the father of NFL MVP
quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Hint: #2
He was the first Cleveland Indians player to appear in a World Series
game as a designated hitter.
A. EDDIE MURRAY [SABR
Bio]
-
Ans. Mantle did it 10 X. Murray hit his 11th on 21-Apr-1994. The current record
is a tie at 14, held by Mark Teixeira & his one-time NYY teammate,
Nick Swisher. Murray played 41 G for ANA in 1997.
-
#1 His 11th game with
one each was in Minnesota. Watch here. Mahomes & son here.
-
#2 CLE WS DH AB=Game 3, 24-Oct-1995
FCR - Dan
McLaughlin, Floral Park, New York
Incorrect guesses: Bo Jackson, Ruben Sierra, Mark Teixeira, Carlos
Santana
FRIDAY — 19-Mar-2025
Q. Which
former Bulldog failed to get Most Valuable Player votes only three times in his
first ten seasons?
Hint: #1
In the other seven seasons, he received first place votes in four of them
including all of them one year.
Hint: #2
He joined an elite club begun by Frank Robinson.
A. AARON JUDGE [B-R Bio]
- Ans. From 2016 through 2025, Judge received MVP
votes following every season except 2016, 2019 & 2020. In college he played for the California State
Fresno Bulldogs whose alumni count 12 additional players with at least 10 years
in MLB.
--
#1 He got two 1st-place
AL MVP votes in 2017. He got most
of the 1st-place votes in 2022 (28 of 30) & 2025 (17
of 30) then got all the 1st-place votes in 2024, his unanimous AL
MVP.
-
#2 Robinson was the first player
to be chosen unanimously for both ROY & MVP (1956, 1966). Judge as unanimous ROY in 2017 & MVP in 2024. Other members
include Orlando Cepeda, Albert Pujols & Mike Trout.
FCR - Gregory
Koch, Falls Church, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Orlando Cepeda, Jeff Bagwell, Will Clark, Shohei Ohtani, Frank Thomas, Mike Trout
SATURDAY — 23-Jan-2026
Q. Which
peripatetic nomad nonetheless never malingered with any of the seven teams he
played for?
Hint: #1
In spite of striking out one hundred times in each of ten seasons, his
other stats never suffered, compared to major league averages, notably his slugging
and OPS+.
Hint: #2 He won two
Gold Gloves, two Silver Sluggers and two MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Hint: #3 A Hall of
Fame manager called him, “the best-fielding right-handed first baseman I've
seen since Gil Hodges.”
A. ANDRES GALARRAGA [SABR Bio]
-
Ans. From 1985 to 2019, Galarraga
played for MON, STL, COL, ATL, TEX, SFG & ANA.
-
#1 Galarraga averaged 105 Ks annually
over his 19-year career, but he finished with a slugging average of .499 &
an OPS+ mark of 119.
-
#2 Won GG in 1989 & 1990 for
MON; Won SS for Mon in 1988 and for COL in 1996. CPOTY in 1993 w/COL & in 2000 w/ATL.
- #3 Quote is from Whitey Herzog.
FCR - Steve
Berman, Wanaque, New Jersey
Incorrect guesses: Keith Hernandez, Vic Power, Dave Kingman
SUNDAY — 25-Jan-2026
Q. Who
batted sixth in the lineup in a World Series game where he was the
starting pitcher?
Hint: #1
He also batted in two runs with a triple that same day.
Hint: #2
Only Barry Bonds had led his league in bases-on-balls more times.
-
Ans. Game 4 of the 1918 WS vs. CHC.
-
#1 Ruth knocked in George
Whiteman & George "Stuffy" McInnis with a 3B off Cubs starter
Lefty Tyler in the 4th inning.
-
#2 Bonds is the all-time leader, having
ed the NK 12 X in BB, but Ruth in the AL king w/10 X.
FCR - Jesse
Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Bob Lemon, Shohei Ohtani, Nolan Ryan
WEEK’S THEME
– Players who qualified by leading their
league in all 3 Triple Crown categories, but not in the same season
WEEK’S THEME – Players who
qualified by leading their league in all 3 Triple Crown categories, but not
in the same season
Player HR/Year RBI/Yr Avg/Yr
Bonds................ 46/1993............. 123/1993.............. .370/2002
.......................... 73/2001............. ............................. .362/2004
DiMaggio........... 46/1937............. 125/1941.............. .381/1939
..................................................... 155/1948.............. .352/1940
Galarraga.......... 47/1996............. 150/1996.............. .370/1993
..................................................... 140/1997
Judge................ 52/2017............. 133/2022.............. .331/2025
..................................................... 144/2024
Mize.................. 28/1939............. 137/1940.............. .349/1939
.......................... 43/1940............. 110/1942
.......................... 51/1947............. 138/1947
.......................... 40/1948
Murray............... 22/1981............. 78/1981.............. .330/1990
Ramirez............. 43/2004............. 165/1999.............. .349/2002
Ruth.................. 11/1918............. 113/1919.............. .378/1924
.......................... 29/1919............. 135/1920
.......................... 54/1920............. 168/1921
.......................... 59/1921............. 130/1923
.......................... 41/1923............. 153/1926
.......................... 46/1924
.......................... 47/1926
.......................... 60/1927
.......................... 54/1928
.......................... 46/1929
.......................... 49/1930
.......................... 46/1931
Also qualifying but not receiving questions
this week…
Hank Aaron....... 44/1957............. 132/1957.............. .328/1956
.......................... 44/1963............. 126/1960
.......................... 44/1966............. 130/1963
.......................... 39/1967............. 127/1966
Albert Pujols...... 47/2009............. 118/2010.............. .359/2003
.......................... 42/2010
Alex Rodriguez. 52/2001............. 142/2002.............. .358/1996
.......................... 57/2002............. 156/2007
.......................... 47/2003
.......................... 48/2005
.......................... 54/2007
First
Correct Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan
(after Mize)
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